Only last Wednesday, May 25, the entire African continent celebrated the 48th birthday of the African Union (AU) with poignant and inspirational messages on the need for African countries to harness their resources and work towards the ultimate goal of building a strong union parallel to that of European Union (EU). In many African countries the day has been declared a public holiday and rightly so, considering the significance of the day in the political history of the continent.
Many African patriots had and continue to bemoan the fact that after close to five decades the dream of a continental government in a United States of Africa with a standing army, the African High Command, still remains elusive.
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